Eno or Albini?

Moss · 06-19-2014, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by hate paper doll

I was referring to the letter he wrote Nirvana outlining his vision for working with them on In Utero.

“I do not want and will not take a royalty on any record I record. I think paying a royalty to a producer or engineer is ethically indefensible. The band write the songs. The band play the music. It’s the band’s fans who buy the records. The band is responsible for whether it’s a great record or a horrible record. Royalties belong to the band. I would like to be paid like a plumber. I do the job and you pay me what it’s worth.”

Obviously he wants to get paid, but he's not unscrupulous about it.

Exactly, I was being sarcastic. Albini has never been one to chase the money. What, is he supposed to do **** for free?

~~hate paper doll~~ · 06-19-2014, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Moss

Exactly, I was being sarcastic. Albini has never been one to chase the money. What, is he supposed to do **** for free?

I know you were, no worries.

But yeah, he's also fully prepared to forgo his 450 per day fee if a band runs out of money or can't afford it, he'd rather finish an album than leave it halfway through.

Moss · 06-19-2014, 07:57 PM

Anybody that forms a band called "rapeman" is probably not looking for mass acceptance.

~~hate paper doll~~ · 06-19-2014, 08:00 PM

I will say that I dig the idea of Eno's Oblique Strategies though.

Moss · 06-19-2014, 08:04 PM

Yeah, I have heard about that over the years. Seems like a great way to break those creative blocks, can you still buy those somewhere?

**Janszoon** · 06-19-2014, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BubblesErotica36

Albini isn't in it for the money? The guy won't even talk to you unless you're willing to drop 700 a session. That isn't including the tape you have to buy, and mixing and mastering. You're looking at about $1400/day to record with him.

Assuming a session is a regular-length workday, $700 per session is only $87.50 per hour. That's not much at all for an internationally renowned specialist.

~~hate paper doll~~ · 06-19-2014, 08:15 PM

Albini's all about getting it done quickly too, in his mind two weeks is wasting an artist's time.

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